Time To Talk About Assault Weapon Ban, Says 'Gun Rights' Sen. Manchin : The Two-Way"Never before have we seen our babies slaughtered," Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said today on MSNBC. "This has changed the dialogue and it should move beyond dialogue. We need action," he added. Manchin is a member of the National Rifle Association and a hunter.

"Never before have we seen our babies slaughtered," said Manchin, a member of the National Rifle Association and a hunter. "This has changed the dialogue and it should move beyond dialogue. We need action."

He lauded both Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who has said she will introduce legislation to ban new assault weapons, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., who has called for a national commission to study the causes of mass shootings.

Manchin, who said he had been deer hunting over the weekend, said he doesn't know anyone who hunts with an assault weapon — and that he never puts more than three rounds into his rifle when hunting. "Sometimes you don't get more than one shot anyway at a deer," he said.